Person Sheet


Name Adelaide OF ITALY , Empress of Italy
Alias/AKA St. Adelaide149
Birth Date 931/2149
Death Date Dec 16, 0999149
Death Place Seltz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Father Rudolf OF BURGUNDY , King of Italy, King of Burgundy, King of Arles (?-0937)
Spouses
1 Otto , King of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Saxony
Alias/AKA Otto the Great149
Birth Date Nov 23, 0912149
Death Date May 7, 0973149
Father Henry , Holy Roman Emperor (ca0876-0936)
Mother Matilda OF RINGELHEIM (0892-0968)
Marriage Date Oct 0951149
Children Otto (0955-0983)
Notes for Adelaide OF ITALY , Empress of Italy
"The Calendar of Saints says her first husband [Lothar, King of Italy] was poisoned by his successor. When she refused to marry the murderer's son, she was imprisoned. King Otto the Great freed her and married her. He died, and her daughter-in-law forced Adelaide to quit the royal presence. Throughout these troubles she remained gracious and loving and was canonised a hundred years after her death. 16 Dec is her feast day."149
Last Modified Mar 5, 2003 Created Dec 31, 2003 by Reunion for Macintosh
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